Lauren Rae Orsini
Lauren Rae Orsini is a web culture reporter who specializes in anime and the business of fandom. Her work has been published by Forbes and Business Insider.
7 pins trending on Pinterest this week
From the beautiful to the bizarre, here’s what’s trending on Pinterest this week.
On Sep 21, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
YouTube right now! Pleated-Jeans’ “Better Names for Things”
You won’t find Sun Sticks or Yum Circles in your local Target, but Pleated-Jeans wants to remedy that.
On Aug 31, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
The 5 biggest Get Off My Internets scandals
GOMI webmistress Alice Wright recounts the snark blog’s most controversial posts from the past two years.
On Aug 14, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Lose it! Reddit’s weight-loss community inspires dramatic results
At r/loseit, Reddit users document their weight-loss progress, pose questions, and offer advice—without fear of judgment.
On Aug 7, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
“Nice to watch”: The top 5 GIFs of lulinternet
Lacey Micallef, better known as lulinternet, curates her most hypnotic and absurd GIFs of Breaking Bad and hot dogs.
On Jun 14, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Behind lulinternet: Lacey Micallef’s junk-food GIF empire
If Topher Chris is Tumblr’s court jester, just wait until you meet his queen.
Brony fandom gets its own PR campaign
Bronies are hoping to repair the community’s image with a commercial. Will it work?
On May 8, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
How Pentametron creator Ranjit Bhatnagar crowdsources Twitter’s unconscious poetry
Artist Ranjit Bhatnagar’s tells us how his latest project collects the sonnets Twitter users unknowingly produce every day.
On Apr 18, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
How novelist Justine Musk builds a fictional world on Pinterest
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, imagine what the image board can do for a writer.
On Mar 2, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Fancy just might be the Pinterest for the 1%
Where Pinterest is for looking and dreaming, Fancy is for buying.
On Feb 23, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
The download on uploaders
Which sites are safe, which sites are down in the wake of Megaupload indictment.
On Jan 23, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
PayPal instructs buyer to destroy valuable violin
How a potential flaw in PayPal’s claims process led to the destuction of a WWII-vintage $2,500 violin, among other valuable commodities.
On Jan 4, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
The 10 most important people on Pinterest in 2011
Pinterest is one of the Web’s fastest-growing communities. But the image board doesn’t make it easy to find its tastemakers. Allow us!
On Dec 23, 2011 by Lauren Rae Orsini
@Jon2012girls: Pin-up calendar or social media strategy?
There’s at least one good reason to endorse GOP candidate Jon Huntsman, and it has nothing to do with his politics.
On Nov 28, 2011 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Mario creator could use a turtle shell for his birthday
Reddit celebrates the birthday of video game guru Shigeru Miyamoto, amid lukewarm reviews of his latest game and controversy with PETA.
On Nov 16, 2011 by Lauren Rae Orsini
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